Shuffle-board.



No. a94,|2|. Patented Feb. 25, I902.

. H. VAUGHAN.

SHUFFLE BOARD.

(Application filed Aug. 81, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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I HARLAND VAUGHAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHUFFLE-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,121, dated February25, 1902.

Application filed August 31,1901. Serial No. 73,936. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARLAND VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shuffle-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in shuffle-boards, and has forits object the production of a shuffle-board which is available for asgreat efficiency as the plain shuttleboards heretofore used whereon sandwas employed and without the objection incidental to the employment ofsand.

Anotherobject is to provide in conjunction with the covering for theshuffle-board, and which covering is of such character as to precludethe necessity for the use of sand, cushioning appliances outside of theelongated platform-like portion of the board, which cushioningappliances are confined by extensions of the covering for the top boardor platform.

The invention is fully and clearly illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings; and it consists in the shuffle-board constructed ashereinafter describedin conjunction with said drawings and as pointedout in the claims.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view. Fig. 2 is a partiallongitudinalsectional view taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section of the shufiie-board,taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Figs.4 and 5 represent the ordinary weights or disks employed in the playingof the game of shuffle-board.

In the drawings, A represents the base of the shuffle-board,superimposed on which is the platform or top board B, somewhat narrowerthan the base, edgewise outside of which and between the margins thereofand the edges of the base having the upstanding boards 0 are the guttersa a. The bottoms of the gutters have the pads or cusl1ionsb,and theinner sides ofthe gutters have the pads or cushions d,the same beingcomposed of cotton padding, excelsior, or other suitable material, andthe top board B,padded base of the gutters,and the padded sides of thegutters are covered and inclosed by the tightly-stretched covering f,the same overlying the entire top and edges of the top board and beingextended outwardly therefrom, as clearly shown in the drawings, to coverthe cushions, being confined by the tacks g, as shown.

The covering should be of a comparatively rough textile fabric, such ascanvas or duck, and the portion thereof which overlies the top board hasincorporated therein preparatory to bringing the shuffle-board into thebest condition for use a quantity of pulverized soapstone, whereby topresent a top surface to the shuffle-board of the best character for theproper manner of sliding thereover of .thedisks.

am of course awarethat the sides of gutters for alleys have beencushioned, and of course I make no claim which would relate thereto orfail to distinguish therefrom; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a shuffie-board,the combination of a base having a marginalupstanding wall and a top board of less length and width than the baseto form a gutter around its sides and ends, cushions surrounding the topboard, and a textile covering closely fitting over the top board andextended over to confine the cushions, substantially as described.

2. Ina shufiie-board, the combination of a base having a marginalupstanding walland a top board of less length and width than the base toform a gutter around its sides and ends, cushions at the base of thegutter and at the inner sides of the upstanding wall, a textile coveringclosely fitting over the top and edges of the top board and extendedover both the base and side cushions, and fastening means, substantiallyas shown to separate and confine the cushions.

3. A shuffle-board consisting of a base, a top board thereabove of lesswidth and length than the base, and a surrounding edge wall HARLANDVAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, M. A. CAMPBELL.

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